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Serious A82 crash in Argyll and Bute on 30 April 2011 at 14:42 involving a Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle

A bicycle and a Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute at 14:42 on Saturday 30 April 2011. The 50-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and a 34-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle and the 23-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki ER500 motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 2011
Saturday, 14:42
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Kawasaki ER500
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.04919, longitude -4.64685, in the G83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201197LA08604
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
82
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
832

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ER500

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ER500)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ER500)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 201197LA08604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Argyll and Bute road accident statistics for 2011.